St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-07-14
VERMONT NEWS.
Terrible Accident an a Omar,

In a terrible accident in the marble
quarry of ellison & Woodfn at West
Rutland last Saturday one man was
killed, another seriously injured and
many narrowly escaped death. A
large scale of marble broke from near
the top of the quarry and fell a dis
lance of 900 feet, killing Patrick Nc
Cormick, aged 26, and seriously injur-
ing Edward Breen. Nc Cormick died
instantly, his body being literally
crushed to pieces. Mccormick was
blacksmith and was working directly
under the scale when it fell. He
leaves a wife in poor circumstances.
Breen was badly cut about the head
and shoulders, but will recover. His
son, Is years old, crawled under the
boiler of the engine and escaped injury.
A gang of Is men, who usually work
in this quarry, fortunately were work
ing in another quarry, but probably
would have been killed had they been
in their usual places. The scale was
100 feet long, 20 wide and 8 thick at
the centre, and must have weighed
hundreds of tons. All the hoist ma
chinery and one engine were badly
damaged, and the loss will be heavy to
the company.
Mrs. Francis A. Stickney is appoint
ed postmaster at BrOOkline and q. r.
Brown at South WardsbOro.
A mail route has been established
from Orwell to Chipman's point.
Alfred Combs house with it's con-
tents in Montgomery was burned July
A. The loss is heavy and partially in
sured.
Morris Higgins of BrattlebOro had a
portion of his instep blown off by the
premature discharge of cannon July
A Southern freight brakeman named
Tryon of Sutton, got his right forearm
crushed while coupling cars in the
yard at RichfOrd.
Elias Olcott, one of the oldest resi-
dents of Bellows Falls, died Tuesday
night of paralysis. He had held many
Offices of trust in the town and county.
Mrs. Bronson, 70, while crazed by
opium, attempted to commit suicide
at Bellows Falls, Friday night by cut
ting her throat. She inflicted only a
slight cash.
The Soldiers home in Bennington
will be formerly dedicated August Is
or IL. A meeting of the trustees will
be held on that day at which will come
up for consideration the erection of an
additional building.
A party of Charlotte people claim
they saw the Lake Champlain sea SER
pent while holding a picnic on the
lake shore. 1t was within seven hun
e IL.
and portions of it's body are said to
have been visible.
Mrs. Abram Flower of POwnal went
INTO the barn of her husband to give a |
horse some water last week, when the
horse suddenly sprang upon her, tramp
ing her down, seriously injuring her
side, cutting open her head and break
ng leg. She lies in critical cOndi-
lion.
William Barrett of Fairfax, while
to examine the teeth of
)ne of the missouri bred" horses at
Burlington the other day, had his
thumb bitten off by the animal, and at
asst accounts he was in critical con-
1itiOn from blood poisoning.
Mr.. Albert G.. Hatch, a native of
master at Windsor, died in Chicago on
Thursday at the residence of his son.
He was respected by a large circle of
friends in Vermont and in Boston.
His remains were carried to Windsor,
where the funeral took place.
Howard ellison fell from the top of
The Champion evaporation cOmpany's
at Richford, Saturday, drop
bed IL feet, struck on the roof of a
umber shed, slid over the caves, and
ell Al feet into the Missisquoi riv-
IT, where the water is but l8 inches
leep, and escaped without injury.
Lyman Bartlett of Cornish, recently,
While attempting to head off one of his
attic which was running past him,
Tipped and fell, breaking both bones
# the left leg, midway between ank
9 and knee, the large bone breaking
Trough flesh and skin, and projecting
early two inches.